Razor-strop



M. PEECHER.

RAZOR STROP.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 18, 1920.

1,394,345, Patented Oct. 18, 1921.

MACK P EECHER, OF DENVER, COLORADQ- RAZOR-STROP.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 18, 1921.

Application filed September 18, 1920. Serial No. 411,206.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MACK PEEGHER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Denver, in the county of Denver and State of Colorado, have invented new and useful Improvements in Razor-Strops, of which the following is a specification.

The present invention is directed to improvements in razor strops, and has for its object to provide an article of this character formed from a plurality of strands of hair, preferably the hair from the manes and tails of horses.

A further object of the invention is to provide a razor strop formed from hair, the strands forming the strop being loosely connected intermediate their ends so as to have relative movement when a razor blade is drawn over the strands.

A still further object of the invention is to provide novel means for connecting the ends of the strands to the supporting loops for the hand grip and hanging clip, respectively.

With these and other objects in view, this invention resides in the novel features of construction, formation, combination and arrangement of parts to be hereinafter more fully described, claimed and illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which Figure 1 is a perspective view of the strop.

Fig. 2 is a sectional view on line 2-2 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional view through the strop, showing the position of the strands when a razor blade is being drawn thereover.

Referring to the drawing, 1 designates a loop which is connected with the catch 2 by a swivel connection 3, said clip being adapted to detachably engage a hook or the like, whereby the strop may be suspended for convenient use.

A second, or lower loop 4 is employed, and has its lower end terminating in an elongated horizontally disposed loop 5, and in which the hand grip 6,-preferably of leather is secured.

The body 7 of the trop is formed from a plurality of suitable length strands of hair 8, preferably from the mane or tail of a horse, but it will be of course understood hair of other species may be used, provlding of course that they have the same sharpening properties as the hair from the mane or tail of a horse.

It will be observed that the strands 8 at their upper ends are bunched, as at 9 and that the lower end of the loop 1 is received wlthin the bunched ends. The upper ends of the bunched ends are confined within the loop 1, and to prevent slipping of the bunched ends relative to the loop 1 a cord 10 of suitable length is wound tightly around the bunched ends below the loop 1, as at 11. The cord is then wound around that part of the bunched ends confined within the loop 1, a at 12, and it will be further noted that this cord is wound exteriorly of the loop 1, as at 13. In this manner the cord 10 serves to securely fasten the bunched upper ends of the strands 8 to the loop 1.

Since the bunched ends 13 formed at the lower end of the body 7 are secured to the loop 4 in the same manner as the bunched ends 9 are secured to the upper loop 1 it is not thought necessary to describe in detail the mode of fastening.

It has been found from actual practice that the hair from the mane or tail of a horse has such properties that it serves as an excellent medium for sharpening a razor blade, and the fact that the intermediate portions of the strands 8 are loose it is obvious that these strands will flatten out when the razor blade is pressed thereon during the sharpening operation. Thestrands will assume a position substantially as shown in Fig. 3 of the drawing when the blade is being drawnthereover. When the strop is not in use the strands will assume a position as shown in Fig. 2.

What is claimed is 1. A- razor strop having a body formed from a plurality of strands of hair.

' 2. A razor strop having a body formed from a plurality of strands of hair, the end of the strands being secured together and the intermediate portions being capable of spreading laterally when a razor blade is pressed thereon.

3. A razor strop having a body formed from a plurality of strands of suitable hair,

the ends of the strands being bunched, and my hand in presence 01"- two subscribing Witloop secured to the bunched ends, as and nesses.

for the ur ose set forth.

4. A iiazdi' strop having a body formed MACK, PEECHER' 5 from suitable hair, the strands being dis- Witnesses:

posed in longitudinal relation and relatively ERSHEL- E. REDD, -m0vable. WALTER A. PRUITT.

V In testimony whereof I have hereunto'set 

